Middlesex County * Boston-Cambridge-Newton metro
29.6K
Population
$134K
Median income
per household
$822.9K
Home value
3.8%
Poverty rate
What stands out
5 of 5 metrics better than U.S. benchmarks
Housing stretch: typical home values are about 6.1× the median household income.
Median household income
$134K
U.S.
$81K
Per-capita income
$67.9K
U.S.
$45K
Median home value
$822.9K
U.S.
$333K
Rent-burdened renters (≥30%)
50.3%
U.S.
51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
24.6%
U.S.
25.9%
Rent-to-Income
17.6%
Below 30% threshold
Home-Value-to-Income
6.1×
Above typical 3-5x ratio
Share of households by income bracket (ACS).
| Income bracket | Share of households |
|---|---|
| < $50k | 19.8% |
| $50–100k | 19.6% |
| $100–200k | 28.3% |
| $200k+ | 32.3% |
Owner-occupied vs renter-occupied housing (ACS).
| Tenure | Percent |
|---|---|
| Owners | 67.2% |
| Renters | 32.8% |
6 of 6 available metrics better than U.S.
CDC PLACES modeled ZCTA-level estimates (adult prevalence).
Obesity
23.8%
U.S.
33.3%
Diabetes
7.8%
U.S.
12.0%
Current smoking
8.8%
U.S.
13.1%
3 of 3 metrics better than U.S.
100+ Mbps coverage
99.8%
U.S.
89.6%
Gigabit ready
78.2%
U.S.
46.1%
5G available
94.9%
U.S.
77.4%
Education metrics come from ACS 5-year estimates for ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs).
Bachelor's degree+ (age 25+)
62.0%
U.S.
35.7%
A high share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher often correlates with higher-paying jobs and knowledge-economy industries.
ZIP-level estimates can have higher margins of error than county/state totals; treat small differences as noise.
School districts
How this ZIP compares to other ZIP codes nationwide.
7 tracts overlap this ZIP. Hover over segments to explore.
Tract 3363
33%
Tract 3361
16.9%
Tract 3362.01
11.7%
Tract 3364.03
10.5%
Tract 3364.04
9.9%
Others (2)
18.0%
ZIP codes can span multiple congressional districts. Overlap percentages are approximate by land area. Verify by address.
MA-5
100%
Release schedule and upstream dates: Sources.
Derived statistics
Data accuracy & methodology
Where College Degrees Concentrate - and Where They Don’t
More than a third of U.S. adults 25+ now hold a bachelor’s degree. But the distribution is sharply uneven across states and metros.
More Than Half of U.S. Renters Are Cost-Burdened
A majority of American renters now spend 30% or more of their income on housing. The burden is sharpest in Florida, where 6 of the 10 most-burdened metros cluster.
Millennial Homeownership Is a Split Story
Households in their 30s and early 40s sit in a very different position from both younger adults and older owners - and the gaps get wider by race, education, and family structure.
